‘When you see some black flags, remain where you are and do not move your hands or your feet (Don’t get involved in their fighting). Thereafter there shall appear a feeble folk to whom no concern is given. Their hearts will be like fragments of iron (ruthless). [They will kill by ripping the stomachs of women and even kill the children]. They are the representatives of the State (Ashab al-Dawla; DAEESH). They will fulfill neither covenant nor agreement. They will invite to the truth, though they are not from its people. Their names will be agnomens [i.e., Abu so-and-so], and their ascriptions will be to regions [e.g. Masri, Baghdadi, etc.] Their hair will be long like that of women. [They shall remain so] till they differ among themselves, and then Allah will bring forth the truth from whomever He wills.'

Not sure if this prophecy has been posted on here but it's quite important as it's been sitting in the back of my brain for a while.

‘When you see some black flags, remain where you are and do not move your hands or your feet (Don’t get involved in their fighting). Thereafter there shall appear a feeble folk to whom no concern is given. Their hearts will be like fragments of iron (ruthless). [They will kill by ripping the stomachs of women and even kill the children]. They are the representatives of the State (Ashab al-Dawla; DAEESH). They will fulfill neither covenant nor agreement. They will invite to the truth, though they are not from its people. Their names will be agnomens [i.e., Abu so-and-so], and their ascriptions will be to regions [e.g. Masri, Baghdadi, etc.] Their hair will be long like that of women. [They shall remain so] till they differ among themselves, and then Allah will bring forth the truth from whomever He wills.'

Not sure if this prophecy has been posted on here but it's quite important as it's been sitting in the back of my brain for a while.

(Original post by CorpusLuteum)
Oh, right. Fabricated. As with a lot of hadiths etc because they are pretty darn old.

I don't think being old is reason because both authentic and unauthentic hadiths that have been written down are quite old. Islamweb said that some of narrators of the hadith were criticized and hadiths that they narrate are considered weak. You can find their explanation in the link above

(Original post by IdeasForLife)
I don't think being old is reason because both authentic and unauthentic hadiths that have been written down are quite old. Islamweb said that some of narrators of the hadith were criticized and hadiths that they narrate are considered weak. You can find their explanation in the link above

And Ayub, when he cried to his Lord, (saying): Harm has afflicted me, and You are the most Merciful of the merciful!

From tafseer ibn Katheer

"Yazid bin Maysarah said: "When Allah tested Ayyub, upon him be peace, with the loss of his family, wealth and children, and he had nothing left, he started to focus upon the remembrance of Allah, and he said: `I praise You, the Lord of lords, Who bestowed His kindness upon me and gave me wealth and children, and there was no corner of my heart that was not filled with attachment to these worldly things, then You took all of that away from me and You emptied my heart, and there is nothing to stand between me and You. If my enemy Iblis knew of this, he would be jealous of me. '"

From tafseer mawdudi:

"The words of the prayer are note-worthy. Prophet Job mentions his distress but does not say anything more to his Lord except: "Thou art most Merciful" This is a great proof of his fortitude, noble and contented nature."

"Brace yourself for the night of hardship, for the dawn of reward is soon to break the night. Poverty is nothingness within which lies the existence of everything, whereas richness is an existence within which lies a void."

"O you who is afflicted with an ardent love for this life, although you shall never attain from it except what is decreed for you; there are many who attain provision without the least amount of effort, and there are many who expend all possible means but never received any provision. Prophet Musa عليه السلام requested to be able to see his Lord but his request was denied, while Muhammad ﷺ was woken up to hold an audience with his Lord even though he never asked for it.

Woe to you; poverty is, in reality, better for your affairs, and losing this world should put you at ease; were it for the for the desirous that they wold become conscious of the consequences of their actions! Plenty of good may lie concealed in what you dislike, which you would realise if only the cover over your eyes was removed.

Exalted us He who ordained for the perfect to get along with the uncouth ignorant nature. The eyes of the mind (intellect) observe be outcomes, while greed only notices the immediate benefit..."